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A Christmas Carol(1971)
Status: Released
Date: 1971-12-21
72%
56 Votes
Time: 0h 25m
Overview:
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America,
United Kingdom,
Canada
ProductionCompanies: 
Richard Williams Studio
Chuck Jones Enterprises
Studio Film Laboratories Ltd.
Movie: A Christmas Carol
Top 10 Billed Cast
Alastair Sim
Scrooge (voice)
Michael Redgrave
Narrator (voice)
Diana Quick
Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
Joan Sims
Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
Michael Hordern
Marley's Ghost (voice)
Paul Whitsun-Jones
Fezziwig (voice)
Melvyn Hayes
Bob Cratchit (voice)
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Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
Release Date
1971-12-21
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7.161
Rating:
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